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List of Colorado fourteeners

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This is a list of mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado that exceed 14,000 feet (4267.2 meters) of elevation.

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Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in the U.S. State of Colorado.

In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a fourteener is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet. This is a complete list of the 53 fourteeners in the U.S. State of Colorado with at least 300 feet (91.44 meters) of topographic prominence. See the main fourteener article, which has a list of all of the fourteeners in the United States, for some information about how such lists are determined and caveats about elevation and ranking accuracy.

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:

  1. The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.[a][b]
  2. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[c][b][d]
  3. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[e]
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See also: List of the major 4000-meter summits of Colorado and List of the major 3000-meter summits of Colorado

The following sortable table comprises the 53 Colorado summits with at least 14,000 feet (4267 meters) of elevation and at least 300 feet (91.44 meters) of topographic prominence.

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  1. All elevations in the 48 states of the contiguous United States include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note.
  2. If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.
  3. The topographic prominence of a summit is the topographic elevation difference between the summit and its highest or key col to a higher summit. The summit may be near its key col or quite far away. The key col for Denali in Alaska is the Isthmus of Rivas in Nicaragua, 7642 kilometers (4749 miles) away.
  4. This list of the 53 Colorado fourteeners includes 28 peaks with over 14,000 feet of elevation but less than 1640 feet of topographic prominence: Torreys Peak, Quandary Peak, Mount Shavano, Mount Belford, Crestone Needle, Mount Bross, Kit Carson Mountain, Tabeguache Peak, Mount Oxford, Mount Democrat, Snowmass Mountain, Windom Peak, Challenger Point, Mount Columbia, Missouri Mountain, Humboldt Peak, Mount Bierstadt, Sunlight Peak, Ellingwood Point, Mount Lindsey, Little Bear Peak, Mount Sherman, Redcloud Peak, Pyramid Peak, Wilson Peak, Wetterhorn Peak, Huron Peak, and Sunshine Peak.

    The list of the 55 Colorado major 4000-meter summits includes 30 peaks with more than 500 meters of topographic prominence and between 4000 and 4267 meters in elevation: Grizzly Peak, Mount Ouray, Vermilion Peak, Mount Silverheels, Rio Grande Pyramid, Bald Mountain, Mount Oso, Mount Jackson, Bard Peak, West Spanish Peak, Mount Powell, Hagues Peak, Tower Mountain, Treasure Mountain, North Arapaho Peak, Parry Peak, Bill Williams Peak, Sultan Mountain, Mount Herard, West Buffalo Peak, Summit Peak, Middle Peak, Antora Peak, Henry Mountain, Hesperus Mountain, Jacque Peak, Bennett Peak, Conejos Peak, Twilight Peak, and South River Peak.

    The first 25 summits on the 4000-meter list are included on both lists: Mount Elbert, Mount Massive, Mount Harvard, La Plata Peak, Blanca Peak, Uncompahgre Peak, Crestone Peak, Mount Lincoln, Castle Peak, Grays Peak, Mount Antero, Mount Evans, Longs Peak, Mount Wilson, Mount Princeton, Mount Yale, Maroon Peak, Mount Sneffels, Capitol Peak, Pikes Peak, Mount Eolus, Handies Peak, Culebra Peak, San Luis Peak, and Mount of the Holy Cross.
  5. The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.
  6. The summit of Mount Elbert is the highest point of the Rocky Mountains and the U.S. State of Colorado.
  7. Mount Massive is the second highest summit of the Rocky Mountains.
  8. The elevation of Mount Massive includes an adjustment of +2.087 m (6.85 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  9. The summit of Mount Harvard is the highest point of the Collegiate Peaks.
  10. The summit of Blanca Peak is the highest point of the Sangre de Cristo Range.
  11. The elevation of Blanca Peak includes an adjustment of +1.755 m (5.76 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  12. The elevation of La Plata Peak includes an adjustment of +1.983 m (6.51 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  13. The summit of Uncompahgre Peak is the highest point of the San Juan Mountains.
  14. The elevation of Crestone Peak includes an adjustment of +1.76 m (5.77 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  15. The summit of Mount Lincoln is the highest point of the Mosquito Range.
  16. The summit of Castle Peak is the highest point of the Elk Mountains.
  17. The summit of Grays Peak is the highest point of the Front Range and the Continental Divide of North America.
  18. The summit of Mount Antero is the highest point of the southern Sawatch Range.
  19. The summit elevation of Mount Blue Sky includes a vertical offset of +1.798 m (5.9 ft) from the station benchmark.
  20. The summit of Longs Peak is the highest point of the northern Front Range.
  21. The summit of Mount Wilson is the highest point of the San Miguel Mountains.
  22. The elevation of Mount Wilson includes an adjustment of +1.899 m (6.23 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  23. The elevation of Crestone Needle includes an adjustment of +1.763 m (5.78 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  24. The elevation of Kit Carson Mountain includes an adjustment of +1.773 m (5.82 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  25. The summit of Mount Sneffels is the highest point of the Sneffels Range.
  26. The elevation of Capitol Peak includes an adjustment of +1.991 m (6.53 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  27. Pikes Peak is the easternmost 14,000-foot (4267.2 m) summit of the United States. Pikes Peak was the inspiration for the lyrics of America the Beautiful.
  28. The summit of Windom Peak is the highest point of the San Juan Mountains and La Plata County, Colorado.
  29. Mount Eolus may be higher than Windom Peak.
  30. The elevation of Windom Peak includes an adjustment of +1.785 m (5.86 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  31. The elevation of Mount Eolus includes an adjustment of +1.756 m (5.76 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  32. The elevation of Challenger Point includes an adjustment of +1.752 m (5.75 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  33. The elevation of Humboldt Peak includes an adjustment of +1.79 m (5.87 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  34. The elevation of Sunlight Peak includes an adjustment of +1.804 m (5.92 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  35. The summit of Culebra Peak is the highest point of the Culebra Range.
  36. The elevation of Culebra Peak includes an adjustment of +1.74 m (5.71 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  37. The elevation of Ellingwood Point includes an adjustment of +1.789 m (5.87 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  38. The elevation of Mount Lindsey includes an adjustment of +1.691 m (5.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  39. The elevation of Little Bear Peak includes an adjustment of +1.733 m (5.69 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  40. The elevation of Mount Sherman includes an adjustment of +2.029 m (6.66 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  41. The elevation of Redcloud Peak includes an adjustment of +2.015 m (6.61 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  42. The elevation of Wilson Peak includes an adjustment of +1.877 m (6.16 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  43. The summit of San Luis Peak is the highest point of the La Garita Mountains.
  44. The elevation of Wetterhorn Peak includes an adjustment of +1.903 m (6.24 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  45. The summit of Mount of the Holy Cross is the highest point of the northern Sawatch Range.
  46. The summit elevation of Mount of the Holy Cross includes a vertical offset of +0.61 m (2 ft) from the station benchmark.
  47. The elevation of Sunshine Peak includes an adjustment of +1.969 m (6.46 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
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